Lot Essay
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Frederick Kaltenböck, Die Wiener Uhr, Munich, 1988, pp.81-85
Frederick Kaltenböck, Die Wiener Uhr, Munich, 1988, pp.81-85
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CIRCA 1820
Details
An Austrian ormolu and engine-turned grande sonnerie travel clock with alarm
Circa 1820
The drum case with fixed handle and on foliate scroll supports above a plinth with further foliate mounts and flowerhead decoration, the dial also engine-turned and with painted Roman chapters, a reserve painted with an indistinct WIEN signature, blued steel hands, strike/silent lever to the bezel, the one day movement with chain fusee going train and barrels for the other trains, verge balance escapement, strike/repeat/alarm on two gongs
21.5 cm. high
Circa 1820
The drum case with fixed handle and on foliate scroll supports above a plinth with further foliate mounts and flowerhead decoration, the dial also engine-turned and with painted Roman chapters, a reserve painted with an indistinct WIEN signature, blued steel hands, strike/silent lever to the bezel, the one day movement with chain fusee going train and barrels for the other trains, verge balance escapement, strike/repeat/alarm on two gongs
21.5 cm. high
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